Decision Ease

Decision Ease

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Decision Ease episodes

  • #87: 5 Secrets to Steal from Decisive People

    What Kool-Aid are decisive people drinking, and where can we get some?

    Look no further my friend.

    Today we reveal the "secrets" that give decisive people their superpower.

    Spoiler alert, they ain't hard, surprising or even out of your wheel house!

    Let's dig into these 5 things you're already doing (yes, you!) that make it easy to make firm, confident decisions in certain areas of life. 

    When you realize what you're already good at, you can transfer those skills to the choices that seem harder to nail down.

    Here are the 5 "secrets" we get into in this episode:

    1. Where decisive people focus when facing decisions
    2. The decisive person's stance on perfection
    3. How people's reactions affect decisive people
    4. The decisive person's winning perspective on "options"
    5. How decisive people deal with high stakes
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      Links!

      • Download the on-demand Calendar Clinic
      • What's your DECISION STYLE? Take the Quiz!
      • Want to work together, to organize your time and clarify your priorities? Book your Make a Decision Package here or book your free consultation to explore your options!
      • 14 min
      • #86: Part 2: The Problems You Really Need To Solve if You Always Feel Behind

        Today we're diving into what you can DO differently in order to experience different results.

        Specifically: The results of not feeling *behind* all the time.

        If you want to be on top of things, prioritize on purpose, and feel good about how you use your time - this is the episode for you!

        In Part 1 (Ep 85), we explored how you can THINK differently (so make sure to catch that, since half our problems can usually be solved in the mind!)

        For everything else though, we have to change our tactics.

        In this episode I ask you to consider key questions, to find out which solutions will make the biggest impact for you:

        • Is your schedule written down, and is it in one place or 20?
        • Are your larger goals making it onto your calendar?
        • Are you being DECISIVE? This is a big one!
        • Do you have "alternate universe To Do List time"?
        • Are you a Rollover Tasker or Repeat Event Ignorer?  
        • Each of these questions points to a game-changing...erhm...change you can make, to feel more control over your calendar and feel better about how you use your time! 

          Links!

          • Download the on-demand Calendar Clinic
          • What's your DECISION STYLE? Take the Quiz!
          • Want to work together, to organize your time and clarify your priorities? Book your Make a Decision Package here or book your free consultation to explore your options!
          • 29 min
          • #85: Part 1: The Problems You Really Need To Solve if You Always Feel Behind

            GREAT. You're on board with the decision to stop living your life "feeling behind." 

            Let's do it.

            This episode is a two-parter because calendars can feel chaotic enough — We need a simple framework to de-behind-ify them.

            So we're going to look at your schedule thusly:

            To change your results — in our case, not feeling behind anymore) — you can either change what you're thinking, change what you're doing, or both.

            Today's episode explores what you might need to THINK differently, in order to stop feeling constantly behind.

            I ask you to consider these 3 questions (and go into mega detail about how to answer them!):

            1. Are you clear on what your hours are for (aka "have you defined "enough")?
            2. Are you setting kind and honest self-expectations? (note: there's a reason I didn't say "realistic")
            3. Who else is in your head (and trickling into those expectations we mentioned)
            4. Give these a good think and you'll be primed to make the most of the next episode (where we get into what you want to DO differently) — Goodbye, perpetual behind-dome!

              Links!

              • FREE Calendar Clinic Friday 1/12: Clean up your chaos and make sure you don't get "behind" this year!
              • The Decision Masters Program starts January 23rd: Get details here
              • What's your DECISION STYLE? Take the Quiz!
              • 25 min
              • #84: Ditch the "I'm Behind" Mindset (for good)

                There are two main reasons I want you to consider unsubscribing from the "I'm Behind" mindset:

                #1: What it does to your self-concept.

                #2: How it distracts you from real problems worth solving!

                Here's what we're covering in the first of this series on never living in this "I'm behind" story again:

                • How your Mindset Atmosphere works (what letting one belief in can do to the entire system)
                • Why this is a decision you need to make BEFORE you reorg your schedule
                • How to stop living in the cycle of feeling behind, burning out to catch up, repeat
                • Links!

                  • FREE Calendar Clinic Friday 1/12: Clean up your chaos and make sure you don't get "behind" this year!
                  • The Decision Masters Program starts January 23rd: Get details here
                  • What's your DECISION STYLE? Take the Quiz!
                  • 26 min
                  • #83: 3 Thoughts I'm Leaving in 2023 and My 2024 Mindset

                    As the chapter of 2023 comes to a close, you may feel compelled to reflect on the year — but if you're like me, you may also be too tired and forward-focused for a big "reflect sesh" to sound fun right now.

                    So as to not miss out on any valuable lessons, but also to make reflection doable enough to, erm, DO...I'm offering a simple but powerful practice to look back and make a game plan for what's ahead.

                    Listen in as I share 3 toxic, unhelpful thoughts I'm leaving behind (and how you can locate the beliefs you don't want to invest in next year).

                    And how I'm laying the foundation for an intentional mindset going into the New Year.

                    Cheers to many powerful, authentic, self-honoring decisions to come in 2024!

                    LINKS!

                    • What's your DECISION STYLE? Take the Quiz!
                    • Ready to prioritize yourself, make decisions easier for life, and do it alongside a community of like-minded supporters? The Decision Masters Program is BACK and enrolling now. Learn everything here.
                    • Ready to see if we're a fit to work together? 
                    • 28 min
                    • #82: How Coaching Works (+ a 3-Step Framework for Getting Help)

                      Ever wondered what it's like to have a Coaching conversation? 

                      What do we talk about? How's it look to talk through an issue or goal? 

                      This is the episode for you!

                      We talk a lot about the benefits of coaching (clearer head, easier decisions, less angst, yes please!) — but I haven't shared a behind-the-scenes look like this before. 

                      In this episode, I walk you through examples of coaching convos, to paint a clearer picture of what it looks like to work together.

                      AND you get a 3-step Framework for hiring help or adding a support system into your life, that will take all the drama, indecision and avoidance out of the process. 

                      Enjoy!

                      LINKS!

                      • What's your DECISION STYLE? Take the Quiz!
                      • Ready to prioritize yourself, make decisions easier for life, and do it alongside a community of like-minded supporters? The Decision Masters Program is BACK and enrolling now. Learn everything here.
                      • Ready to see if we're a fit to work together?
                      • 24 min
                      • #81: Achieving Goals Without a Perfect Routine or Going 110%

                        I like to think of goals as mountains we wanna climb.

                        An obstacle "at the trail head" for a lot of people is this big misunderstanding.

                        That you need a perfect routine and/or to go 110% HAM in order to achieve a goal.

                        If you've been frustrated at your lack of progress on a goal (or starting, period) - but you also can't (or don't want to!) get into systematized daily routine, or take a week off to laser-focus on one thing only, this episode's for you.

                        We get into:

                        • When *consistent* is better than *perfect* 
                        • How to create faster results with "spread out effort"
                        • Why focusing on how you SHOULD be able to do it is a waste of time
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                          LINKS!

                          • What's your DECISION STYLE? Take the Quiz!
                          • Ready to prioritize yourself, make decisions easier for life, and do it alongside a community of like-minded supporters? The Decision Masters Program is BACK and enrolling now. Learn everything here.
                          • Let's talk 1-on-1 about Coaching (free).
                          • 19 min
                          • #80: How to Make a Money Decision You Trust

                            MONEY.

                            Love it? Hate it? Prefer to ignore it? 

                            Today you're getting 4 Fundamental Tips to work through a money decision in a brand new way.

                            So you don't have to a) wait 'til you find out later if it was a "good or bad" choice, b) keep making money decisions out of reactivity to fear, or c) limit yourself from things you really DO want to invest in.

                            I'll walk you through:

                            • How to figure out what you want (and how to trust how much you think you want it)
                            • Why you should look at numbers even if you're convinced "you can't afford it"
                            • A 180 perspective on "affording stuff" that'll guarantee empowered money decisions for the rest of time
                            • How to stop letting your *feelings* and *norms* from unconsciously dictating your choices, so you can make NEW choices, to create NEW results and experiences in your life!
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                              LINKS!

                              • What's your DECISION STYLE? Take the Quiz!
                              • Ready to prioritize yourself, make decisions easier for life, and do it alongside a community of like-minded supporters? The Decision Masters Program is BACK and enrolling now. Learn everything here.
                              • Let's talk 1-on-1 about Coaching (free).
                              • 18 min
                              • #79: EXPERT INTERVIEW! There's More than One Way to Career Pivot, with Coach Shyloh Brown

                                Thinking it might be time for a career change? 

                                Whether you're pretty happy but curious about venturing out of your Comfort Zone, or you're burnt out and one spicy interaction from quitting on the spot - this episode's for you.

                                Listen in on my conversation with fellow Coach and Career Changer, Shyloh Brown, as we talk about:

                                • The messy, unsexy, real way a "pivot" usually looks (hint: it's not what you think and you may not like it)
                                • How to respond to real-life fears about paying bills and feeding your kids when you're contemplating career change
                                • Ways you can interact with your anxiety that aren't "just calming down" or "just jumping off the cliff already"
                                • What knowing your WHY will give you fuel to do (and how it'll help you make the best decisions for you!)
                                • We also explore the question "Do I need to change my career or just my mindset?" - and use real client examples to demonstrate how to go about answering it!

                                   

                                  LINKS!

                                  • What's your DECISION STYLE? Take the Quiz!
                                  • Ready to prioritize yourself, make decisions easier for life, and do it alongside a community of like-minded supporters? The Decision Masters small group Coaching Program is BACK and enrolling now. Learn everything here.
                                  • Talk 1-on-1 about Coaching with Kirsten (free).
                                  • Follow Shyloh on IG: @shylohbcoaching
                                  • Learn how to work with Shyloh
                                  • 44 min
                                  • #78: From Stuck to Decided in 3 Simple Questions

                                    Here's the truth about STUCK: It's a form of indecision that can become a habit.

                                    We can get so used to not taking a step forward into "decided" that Stuck becomes a normal place to hang out!

                                    If you have an idea you really want to take action on (like...you're sick of hearing yourself talk about it and NEED to do the damn thing) -or- if you're worried the only way to get yourself into gear is to activate Ye Olde Burnout Methods of Yore, you're in luck.

                                    This episode's for you.

                                    What's inside:

                                    • 3 simple questions to ask that'll move you out of Stuck and into Decided
                                    • How to get into action even if you aren't 100% fully decided on the "big issue" 
                                    • A quick tangent that'll help you LOVE your holiday conversations with otherwise predictably negative people (you're welcome)
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                                      LINKS!

                                      • What's your DECISION STYLE? Take the Quiz!
                                      • Ready to prioritize yourself, make decisions easier for life, and do it alongside a community of like-minded supporters? The Decision Masters Program is BACK and enrolling now. Learn everything here.
                                      • Let's talk 1-on-1 about Coaching (free).
                                      • 21 min

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